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MOTOR FREIGHT SERVICES SINCE 1931

 

HENRY Names CEO

 

Marshall Henry, chairman of The HENRY Companies and last CEO, said “Our organization started 75 years ago in Rocky Mount by my grandfather C.S. Henry as a one-truck operation.  Ours is a family business, which has been sustained by continuously evolving and reinventing itself over time as opportunities have come our way.” 

C.S. Henry, the man, never went to school or learned to read and write.  Yet in 1931, even without formal education, he was able to get the ball rolling as founder of a new business venture,   He called it C.S. Henry Transfer. 

“My father, M. Webster Henry, who succeeded his own to become second generation owner and operator of the family enterprise, kept the little ball rolling and growing in earnest following his return from the South Pacific late in WW II where he gained experience as a young motor transport officer in the Marines.  In the ensuing years, he made his mark not only as a local businessman but also as a recognized motor carrier industry leader,

“I represent the third generation,” said Marshall Henry.  “Much has been written about family businesses and how the third generation often dissipates all that has gone before.  Therefore, it has been a special challenge to grow our business instead of seeing it washed away in a flood or gone by the wayside from other circumstances.

“Before Hurricane Floyd in September, 1999, having hauled freight for close to 70 years, we had a chance to start a related venture as part of HENRY.  By the close of its first year, 1997, we had made it a separate corporate entity, with the name Henry Dock Works, Inc.” 

A year after the Flood of Floyd ravaged much of Eastern North Carolina and Rocky Mount, including its site and facilities, HENRY saw, for long-term survival, the need to shed its interstate fleet, and sold its trucking assets – trucks, some trailers, and customer accounts – to EPES in Greensboro – in early 2001. 

““At the same time, we looked at our remaining assets, including our experience as truckers.  HENRY maintains an inventory of 100 van trailers for rental as storage or use over-the-road.  Even though the company no longer operates a fleet of trucks long distance, HENRY is actively increasing local, dedicated trucking and warehousing services close to home.

HENRY’s latest venture, Global Trade Works, provides inland transportation for domestic and international cargo of various shapes and sizes.  Without a fleet of its own now, c.s.HENRY Transfer, Inc. uses other carriers to pick up and deliver its customer loads, which move on various types of equipment.      

 

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